In this work, we present the first example of such kind of radicals based on a unique π-conjugated organic macrocycle with an odd number of π-electrons. It shows π-magnetism with a multiradical doublet ground state and a strongly delocalized singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO). This special polyradicaloid also presents global aromaticity with two diatropic ring currents in an annulene-within-an-annulene (AWA) structure, exercising current aromaticity rules. This interesting symmetric molecule can be considered as a magnetic element for the creation of even bigger interconnected cyclic and acyclic magnetic structures with appealing magnetic responses.
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